The

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Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Goroka, Kundiawa, Mendi and Wabag. Bishops Archbishops of Mount Hagen * George Elmer Bernarding ...

based in

Goroka Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people (2000), above sea level. It has an airport (in the centre of town) and is on the " Highlands Highway", about 285 km from ...

. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. In 1982, part of the diocese was separated to become the

Diocese of Kundiawa In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

Coat of arms

The new coat of arms of the Diocese was adopted in 2016. The proposal of coat of arms was created by

Marek Sobola Marek Sobola (born 3 July 1981) is an authorised landscape architect, professional gardener and heraldic artist from Slovakia. Biography Sobola was born in Žilina, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) into a family from Lalinok and Divina. He spe ...

, a heraldic specialist from

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, who also made a coat of arms for former Bishop Dariusz Kałuża, MSF. DIOCESE OF GOROKA coat of arms

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bernard Schilling Bernard Schilling (born in 1914 in Somborn) was a German clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen based in Goroka ...

, S.V.D. (1959–1966) * John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. (1966–1980) *

Raymond Rodly Caesar Raymond Rodly Caesar, SVD (14 February 1932 – 18 June 1987) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized C ...

, S.V.D. (1980–1987) *

Michael Marai Michael Marai (1948 – November 3, 2021) was a Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate and bishop emeritus of Goroka. He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka from 1988 until in 1994. Marai was born in 1948 on Mushu Islan ...

(1988–1994) *

Francesco Sarego Francesco Sarego (born August 1, 1939, in Cologna Veneta) was an Italian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka. He was appointed bishop in 1995. He retired in 2016. See also *Catholic Church in Poland , native_name_la ...

, S.V.D. (1995–2016) - presently Bishop Emeritus *

Dariusz Kałuża Dariusz Kałuża (born in 1967 in Pszczyna) is a Polish clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen based in Goroka. ...

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, S.V.D. (2022–present)

Coadjutor bishop

, S.V.D. (1978-1980)

External links and references

References

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